Millosh Gjergj Nikolla

Autumn On Parade - Poem by Millosh Gjergj Nikolla

Autumn in nature and autumn in our faces.The sultry breeze enfeebles, the glowering sunOppresses the ailing spirit in our breasts,Shrivels the life trembling among the twigs of a poplar.The yellow colours twirl in the final dance,(A frantic desire of leaves dying one by one).Our joys, passions, our ultimate desiresFall and are trampled in the autumn mud.

An oak tree, reflected in the tears of heaven,Tosses and bleeds in gigantic passion.'To live! I want to live!' - it fights for breath,Piercing the storm with cries of grief.

The horizon, drowned in fog, joins inThe lamentation. In prayer dejected fruit treesFold imploring branches - but in vain, they know.Tomorrow they will die... Is there nowhere hope?

The eye is saddened. Saddened, too, the heartAt the hour of death, when silent fall the veinsAnd from the grave to the highest heavens soarDespairing cries of long-unheeded pain.

Autumn in nature and autumn in our faces.Moan, desires, offspring of poverty,Groan in lamentation, bewail the corpses,That adorn this autumn among the withered branches.